story
The movie Dancer In The Dark
(working name: "Taps") sets in the middle of the sixties. Selma, a 30-yearold woman from
Czechoslovakia,
has settled down in a smaller industrial-town in the state of Washington along with her
12-yearold son Gene. Selma works in a weavery, but she also takes as many extra jobs she can in
order to save away some money for her son. He suffers from an heredetary disease which is
theratening him with blindness. An operation could prevent this event.
Selma dreams herself away from the strifes of everyday into escapades filled with dancing and
music, even when she isn't rehearsing in the musical ensemble which the local amateurs are
setting up.
The story takes a dramatic turn when Selma gets robbed of all her savings and has to try to
regain her lost savings with armed force. She leaves the town with her son, in a desperate
escape with no turning back. There are probably more reasons to call »Dancer In The Dark« a
"musicl tragedy" instead of a "musical comedy". In any case you can bet your money on that this movie musical is going to differ a lot from what
the genre usually offers. (read
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